Gotta love getting your tax return. New toys

[red_dog007]

Wish I could have upgraded with my check. Might end up being a while until I can upgrade.

[RobertJasper]

Well I got everything and finally got it put together but I have to RMA the motherboard. [cursing] It keeps dropping the usb ports and locking up. In the reviews another person had the same exact symptoms. So i just ordered an M5A97 EVO and am sending this one back for a refund. Hopefully this one will work right.

[jmcgee_jr]

I got my tax return and bought some new stuff. I'm so happy right now. Here's what I got...

First, an Asus Transformer TF101 16GB tablet running ICS. I freakin love this thing. I got a great deal on it through CL, only $240, and I sold my old Eee 900 netbook for $100 to offset the cost.

Next I got a refurbished Asus K53TA 15.6" laptop. It's got an AMD A6-3400 APU, 8GB DDR3 1333 (I upgraded it from 4GB), and the APU's integrated HD 6520G plus a dedicated HD 6650M 1GB GPU. Crossfired together AMD calls them an HD 6720G2. Except for the refurbished sticker on the bottom you'd never know it's not brand-new. I got it from newegg for $420 plus $28 for the second stick of RAM, and I sold my old Asus X83VB-X2 with C2D T6400, 4GB and 9300M GS to a friend for $300.

Next, I ordered some parts to upgrade my desktop. I'm waiting for these to be delivered. I got:

Asus M5A97 AM3+ motherboard
AMD FX-8120 CPU (yeah I know Intel's better I wanted this though )
16GB AMD Performance Edition DDR3 1600
Asus HD 6870 1GB

This is going from an Asus P5N-D motherboard with Core 2 Quad Q8400, 8GB DDR2 800 and a pair of Asus 9800GT's in SLI. I paid $580 for all of it, and I'm hoping to sell the old stuff for $300.

Finally, I ordered an Asus VE258Q 25" 1080P LCD monitor for $260. This is upgrading from an Asus 22" 1680x1050 LCD that I'm hoping to sell for $100.

Can you tell I like Asus? lol. And yes I know someone is going to tell me I should have gotten an i5. I just wanted to go with AMD this time. I think I did pretty good for the money with selling the old stuff. If I can get what I'm hoping for for the old parts and LCD then the total out of pocket cost of everything will only be $728.

I do want to get both the laptop and desktop each an SSD and a second 6870 for crossfire in the future, but I needed to stop before my wife killed me lol. So what do you think?

Not quite as great as what you got, but I went to paris with my wife :)

[TurtleBay]

I got my tax return and bought some new stuff. I'm so happy right now. Here's what I got...

I'm jealous. I had to pay uncle Sam this year.

[Acupuncture]

I'm jealous. I had to pay uncle Sam this year.

I have to pay Uncle Sam every year.

[Ruzhyo]

Oh you poor things, your bank accounts must be so empty.

[Nastradamus]

must be nice.. i had to pay up quite a bit.. i hate you